Simran Sharifdecember 27, 2016U.S. History

Simran SharifDecember 27, 2016U.S. History

Outline

Part 1: Career Research

I. Introduction

A. General Background Information: Career And College

1. Historians need a master’s degree or Ph.D. for most positions.

2. Taking classes in Language, Literature and Math

3. It is important to take extra courses in order to specialize in subject and teach in college.

B. Thesis (what concepts and details will you discuss in your work)

1. Educators are needed at such sites to interpret the past to visitors with a wide range of education and experience.

2. Courses in art history, folklore, and archeology may prove useful training for work at a museum or historic site.

3. Those who teach at museums and historic sites may need more than traditional history courses to qualify for their positions.

II. Body Paragraph 1 (Section)

A. Major Idea: Historians are vital to keeping information from the relevant and interesting to the future

1. Supporting Detail: In the Museum Education Act creates a partnership between schools and cultural institutions to prepare students for the 21st century.

2. Supporting Detail: Museums are example of learning environments such as hand on exhibits for the better understanding.

B. Major Idea: Museums are not only for a place for learning but it is a place for learning and excitement.

1. The Smithsonian museum is a great example of a museum that is both entertaining and educational.

2. The ability for a museum to be entertaining is an crucial part of its success.

III.Body Paragraph 2 (Section)

A. Major Idea: Museums are important to the youth as they help them to learn the past and shape a better future.

1. They can provide memorable, immersive learning experiences, provoke imagination, introduce unknown worlds and subject matter, and offer unique environments for quality time with family.

2. Museums hold the artifacts and actual facts of the past.

B. Major Idea: Our history can teach us lessons for our future.

1. It is even more important to introduce children to museums at a young age because our youth is our future and museums broaden our knowledge of the world."

2. We understand the past, we won't make the same mistake or not recognize the same mistakes of others.

IV. Body Paragraph 3 (Section)

A. Major Idea: Historians need a master's degree or Ph.D. for most positions.

1. Many historians have a master’s degree in history or public history.

2. Research positions within the federal government and positions in academia typically require a Ph.D.

B. Major Idea: Those with a master’s degree or Ph.D. should have the best job opportunities.

1. Museums, archival facilities and historical organizations also seek out students who are pursuing or have obtained a master’s degree in history.

2. In a 2013 report to the American Historical Association, authors Wood and Townsend found, "The overall employment rate for history PhDs was exceptionally high: only two people in the sample appeared unemployed, and none of them occupied the positions that often serve as punch lines for jokes about humanities PhDs—as baristas or short order cooks."

V. Body Paragraph 4(Section)

A. Major Idea: